World War Z
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World War Z
Max Brooks
7 people recommended it in 7 threads, 2012–2022.
What people on Hacker News said
World War Z broke out of the mold, taking the form of "an oral history of the zombie war".
its conceit is that the narrator is a historian, going around the world to interview survivors and record their stories.
each chapter takes the form of an interview with a different person, arranged more or less chronologically to follow the spread of the zombie outbreak.
this oral-history format lends itself really well to an audiobook with an ensemble cast.
A really good ensemble book is World War Z by Max Brooks.
Where it comes up
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